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The Texanist Unleashed
Charcoal or propane?
July 2009
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
Propane or charcoal?
July 2009 by David Courtney
Sweater Weather »
Yes, it’s summer in Texas. It’s the summer to end all summers (please, God), with record-breaking heat, triple-digit temperatures, and the uncontrollable urge to sit in your freezer, atop the Häagen-Dazs bars.
July 2009 by Eileen Smith
Gomer And Me »
You’ll never guess how I came to break bread with TV’s best-loved Marine.
May 2009 by Kinky Friedman
Circle of Influenza »
If you need an example of how the world can change in an instant, here is a small blow by blow.
May 2009 by Mimi Swartz
Dreams from My Father »
How my dad learned to stop worrying and love a Democrat.
February 2009 by Eileen Smith
Confessions of a Working Mom »
Every once in a while, it all seems to bite me in the you-know-what.
February 2009 by Patricia Busa McConnico
A Friendship Hundredaire »
I’m closing in on 100 “friends” on Facebook. That benchmark forces me to confront a terrible truth. I don’t really have 100 friends.
February 2009 by TJ Shroat
The 2009 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of abbreviated Aggies, bamboozling boxers, charged Cuban, dumb district attorneys, estrogen-packed elevators, famished firemen, graveyard ganja, half-wit husbands, imaginary illegal immigrants, Jessica jests, koncert kayos, lawn-watering Lance, muddled Moron, next-of-kin-offending newspapers, oblivious operators, pornographic prom dresses, questionable quiz takers, repulsive Roger, stolen shih tzus, tasteless team spirit, useless urine, victimized valedictorians, waning W., x-traneous Xmas trees, yelping Yahoo, and zany zoophiles.
January 2009
‘Twas the List Before Christmas »
And my favorite Christmas present of all time is...
January 2009 by Eileen Smith
What’s in Your Wallet? »
If you decided that 2008 was the year for you to cut yourself off from society, shed all material belongings, live off the land, and grow your own food, then you’ve got a pretty good head start.
December 2008 by Eileen Smith
Madame Secretary, I Presume? »
Hillary Clinton has served on the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and successfully dodged hostile (as opposed to agreeable) gunfire in Bosnia.
November 2008 by Eileen Smith
This Year’s Model »
Hey, captains of industry: If Dr. Evil can have a Mini Me, why can’t the rest of us?
June 2008 by Sarah Bird
Offering fine advice since 2007 »
Can one have too many Texas tattoos?
June 2008 by David Courtney
The Four Questions »
How would Jesus answer them? How will you?
May 2008 by Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman: Podcast
Kinky Friedman reads “The Four Questions.”
May 2008
In a Lather »
My Petco encounter with a shampoo celebrity.
April 2008 by Sarah Bird
Offering fine advice since 2007 »
Help! My campsite neighbors are making love. Loudly.
April 2008 by David Courtney
In a Lather: Podcast
Sarah Bird reads “In a Lather.”
April 2008
Geezer Nation »
Greetings from Snowbirdlandia! Wish you were old.
February 2008 by Sarah Bird
Home Groan »
One year (okay, two days) of livin’ la vida locavore.
January 2008 by Sarah Bird
The 2008 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of angry Aggies, Baptist bravado, confused Cheney, death row drollery, enemas in evidence, fetid feet, ghetto gobbledygook, helicopter hunts, insurance idiocy, jerk judges, kin kidnappers, lawbreaking Longhorns, meshuggener misfires, NASA nimrods, Oswald online, pooped-on presidents, quick quarrels, requested roaches, scrotum-scarring Sooners, taped teenagers, unhinged urinators, visible Virgins, weaselly Whole Foods, X-rated x-classmates, yuletide yikes, and zeroed-out zebras.
January 2008
Offering fine advice since 2007 »
How high is too high to jack up a truck?
January 2008 by David Courtney
Bum Steers: Video
Donkeys in the courtroom, sexy chicken, and holy pizzas make for one weird year. Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. But sometimes they need a little help.
January 2008
Home Groan: Podcast
Sarah Bird reads her January column.
January 2008
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